Holiday Special – Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Jar Recipe

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Need a creative, practical and economical holiday gift for a hostess, neighbor, teacher or other special person?

Why not mix up several cookie mixes and place them in jars or cute containers for these gift recipients? Busy folks will appreciate the convenience of prepared cookie mixes, streamlining their own holiday baking. Jar cookie mixes make delightful holiday gifts, and even the least crafty among us can make these easily.

Use your imagination, and have fun choosing creative containers for your cookie mix gifts. Ideally, the container you select just accommodates the jar cookie mix. If the container is too large, you can certainly place the cookie mix into a plastic bag before inserting it into the main container.

Gather your jar cookie mix ingredients.

A jar cookie mix contains all of the dry ingredients for producing a cookie recipe. For a single jar mix of chocolate chip cookies (to produce approximately two dozen cookies), these ingredients include:

2 ½ cups white flour (unsifted)

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)

½ cup white granulated sugar

1 package (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Be sure to collect all of your jar cookie mix ingredients before beginning.

Layer the dry cookie ingredients inside each jar.

The loveliest jar cookie mix gifts arrange all of the ingredients in a layered fashion. This is simple to do.

Begin by mixing the flour and baking soda. Place this first in the cookie mix jar.

Allow these ingredients to settle before adding the brown sugar. Tamp this down evenly to create a clean striation.